Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i5-1035G1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1035G1 beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G1. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-1035G1 outputs less heat than Core i7-6820HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.